Chapter 525: Xiaotian who took the back door

Beijing North, Zhongguancun.

A brand new building stands on the busy street, and the bright glass curtain wall reflects the sunlight and appears to be shining. The four big characters "Arc Light Film and Television" are hung on the front exterior wall, silently showing who the owner of the building is.

"Mr. Meng, the interior decoration of the building has been completed, and the overall style is arranged according to your plan. Next, ventilate it for a while, and it can be used at any time after the new year."

Inside the building, the person in charge of the decoration project took Arc Light people up and down and introduced the overall situation.

Unlike most ordinary companies, Arc Light, as a film and television company, has certain creative needs for employees. Therefore, most of the places inside the building are not formal offices.

In addition to administration, finance, and legal affairs, the rest of the production, post-production, screenwriting, etc., are all independent workstations separated from each other, which is equivalent to everyone having a small space exclusive to themselves.

In addition, starting from the lobby on the first floor, each floor has a large number of vacant areas as rest areas. Every few steps, you can see tables and chairs, and there are neatly arranged papers, pens and pads on the side, so that if someone suddenly has a burst of inspiration, they can record it at any time.

"Is this what you asked for?" Liu Jun asked in confusion: "It feels a bit similar to the company style in the United States."

"Yes, I learned from Netflix." Meng Bai said: "The core of a film and television company is content, and the key to content is creation. If they are all turned into those square cubicles, what else can be created."

After speaking, he looked over and asked: "How do you feel?"

"It's good, it doesn't matter what's outside, anyway, I'm still very satisfied with my new office, finally I don't have to squeeze in that small room, haha..."

"You're exaggerating, Lao Liu, when we divided the offices, yours was bigger than mine, don't make it sound like I've been exploiting you all these years."

"Really? Then why do I feel that your room is much more spacious than mine every time I go to yours?"

"Pure psychological effect."

Meng Bai replied, but the two of them laughed together.

"I just said that we can move here after the New Year. It's just right for the Spring Festival holiday, so everyone can come here directly."

"Well, it will be much more convenient to move during the New Year." Liu Jun sighed: "Alas, I have been there for so many years. Now when I think about leaving, I suddenly feel a little reluctant."

"It's not that simple to be reluctant. A group of people will continue to stay there, and you can be responsible for staying. Hey, it's just right that I will give you my office. You can use one on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and the other on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. It's so spacious." "

Well, forget it. New year, new atmosphere, people strive for higher goals, and it's not bad to change places." Liu Jun said: "Okay, you are busy, I'm going to see how to design my new office."

Watching this old man go out, Meng Bai smiled, turned and walked to the window, leaning on the windowsill and looking out, most of Dongcheng was in sight.

Since the establishment of Arc Light in 2015, in the past seven years, the company has grown from the initial small building to multiple office areas, and now they finally have their own independent building. After all, the years of hard work have not been in vain.

After standing by the window and sighing for a while, he put away his remaining artistic heart and planned to go out and walk around and get familiar with it.

After all, the building has more than 30 floors, and each floor is designed differently according to department categories. It would be interesting if the boss himself got lost in his own company.

As a film and television company, in addition to the office area, the building also has various work scenes such as studios and recording studios. In the future, there is no need to go out to find a place to shoot urban or workplace dramas, but to shoot directly in their own building.

Don't mention it, there is really a group shooting in the building right now. But it's not a film and television crew, but a variety show crew.

In the empty office, six girls sat around the table, discussing something with great interest.

And through the cameras set up around the room, another director's office not far away was also extremely busy at this time.

"Mr. Meng, welcome to our guidance."

"Haha, Director Lu is polite. I don't know much about variety shows. I still have to rely on you."

Meng Bai said to a man standing next to him: "Has the recording of the main film started?"

"Yes, our plan is to record two to three episodes each time, so that the schedules of the members can be coordinated more easily."

Listening to Director Lu's introduction, Meng Bai nodded and looked at the screen in the center, looking at the six girls on it.

If there are viewers of "Detective Ming", he will definitely find that half of these six female artists are familiar faces.

The program being recorded now is the "Women's Reasoning Club" that Meng Bai mentioned before. In addition to Li Yitong, the other five people include Wu Xin and Qi Wei, two "regulars" of "Detective Ming", as well as Xie Nan, Li Xueqin and Tian Xiwei, three "newcomers".

To be honest, there is a bit of luck in getting this group of people together.

When preparing for this program, Meng Bai was thinking about whether he could pull in a few female guests who performed well in "Detective Ming".

After all, those who have been tested once are definitely better than a group of newcomers who know nothing, and they can also take advantage of the popularity.

However, Mango TV has not been able to reach an agreement. Although "Female Push" and "Detective Ming" are not completely on the same track, they are not their own programs after all, so it is not good to support the enemy.

Meng Bai did not insist too much. He just wanted to ask. Since the other party is unwilling, then forget it.

Unexpectedly, at this time, "Detective Ming" suddenly had an accident.

According to the plan, the seventh season should be broadcast in the fourth quarter of this year. Unexpectedly, when the preparations for the new season began, the original creative team of the program group left Mango under the leadership of the chief planner He Chen and went to Tencent Video.

At the same time, two "reasoning" programs with similar themes, "Login to Yuanyuzhou" and "Start Reasoning", were established in

one go. This can be said to have given Mango a solid backstab. Not to mention that "Detective Ming" has been their only "ace project" for so many years, the key is that this wave of departures without warning directly led to the inability to make the new season of the program.

You know, when He Chen left, he took all the creators and screenwriters away, leaving Mango with only a group of second-tier personnel and interns. It’s

okay that the shooting crew is less

. Mango TV is backed by Mango Satellite TV, and there are many behind-the-scenes staff. The lack of a director is a bit of a problem, but the remaining original on-site directors can also hold up. But the screenwriter left, there is really nothing to do. Script killing is not like film and television dramas. Its script is another kind of production idea. The original batch was finally cultivated by He Chen after so many years, and now they are all gone.

"Ming Detective" has no choice. After thinking about it, it can only find Meng Bai, hoping to borrow the "Arc Light Screenwriter Group".

Before, after He Chen cultivated his own team, he gradually began to reduce his reliance on the Arc Light Screenwriter Group. From the original participation in production, to the subsequent cooperation between the two sides, until the last season, basically all of his own people were used.

Meng Bai also knew this situation, but he didn't say anything. Today's Arc Light is not the same as before. There are plenty of opportunities to train their own screenwriters, and there is no need for the "Ming Detective" program. The two sides are considered to be "parting in peace" tacitly.

Unexpectedly, after they matured, they ran away first.

Logically speaking, it doesn't matter whether Arc Light cares about this matter or not, but after all, there is a sense of friendship between the two, so Meng Bai still agreed to Mango TV's request. Of course, in exchange, the Mango TV platform will definitely give something back to Arc Light, including allowing the borrowing of personnel.

The program team of "Women's Mystery Club" has asked several main female guests of "Ming Detective", and the two "veterans" Wang Ou and Yang Rong do not plan to take on new projects. After several comparisons, Wu Xin and Qi Wei were finally decided.

Wu Xin and Xie Nan are both hosts, one with a more formal and entertaining style, and they serve as the MCs of the show; Qi Wei and Li Yitong are both guests who have appeared on "Ming Detective" and performed well, and they are the mainstays of the show; Li Xueqin is a veteran in variety shows, mainly responsible for the show effect.

As for the remaining Tian Xiwei...she was stuffed in through the "backdoor".

(End of this chapter)